Recently added articles from The Food & Fiber Letter:
FAO says biofuels continue to drive food price increases.
Dec 21, 2009 ... Global food prices are once again on the rise and biofuels continue to be a leading driver of demand for agricultural commodities, despite the slow down in the green fuels industry, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization says in its most recent Food Outlook report. ...
Two House Republicans question ethanol blend hike request.
Dec 21, 2009 ... Two key Republican lawmakers have asked the Government Accountability Office to study the effects of boosting the amount of ethanol that is blended into U.S. gasoline supplies. The request was made after Environmental Production Agency recently indicated it would likely approve next summer ...
ITC says high tariffs keeping U.S. farm products out of India.
Dec 21, 2009 ... High tariffs and other barriers to trade are keeping U.S. farmers and food makers from taking full advantage of India's growing market for agricultural products, according to a new U.S. International Trade Commission report. The ITC, an independent fact-finding agency, found ...
Renewable resources seen growing rapidly, but fossil fuels dominate through 2035.
Dec 21, 2009 ... The Department of Energy's Energy Information Administration has issued its updated long-term forecast predicting that biofuels--primarily ethanol--will have a major effect on the transportation sector over the next 25 years, contributing to a decline in crude oil imports and helping to ...
Bayer to pay $2 million to rice farms.(NEWS & COMMENT)
Dec 21, 2009 ... A St. Louis court has ordered Bayer CropScience to pay about $2 million in compensatory damages to two Missouri farmers after a jury found that an experimental genetically engineered variety of rice, called LibertyLink, contaminated their crops. The jury rejected the farmers' request for a ...